Childhood Lost

Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).

Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.

Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism

(John Dachel, Tech. assist.)

"What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless."

John Stone,

UK media editor, Age of Autism

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"The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country."

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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(UK) Scotland: Call for classes in mental health in Scottish schools

June 3, 2019,Education Executive: Mental health should be taught in school, says Scottish youth committee https://edexec.co.uk/mental-health-should-be-taught-in-school-says-scottish-youth-committee/As reported by the BBC, a youth committee in Scotland has concluded that mental health issues and treatments should be taught about in school
Scotland first Youth Commission on Mental Health has stated that mental health should be embedded in the school curriculum.
A group of young adults, aged 15 to 25, took part in the project and put together a report following a 16-month study into mental health services.
Their conclusion was that, in order for mental health to be taken more seriously, it should be taught about in schools.
To support this, schools would also require teachers to be trained in this area.
The Scottish government has welcomed this report....
Many of those who took part in the commission had experience of accessing mental health services themselves, and emphasised that young people need to be treated as individuals.
The report said Scotland had the opportunity to become a world-leader in mental health service provision for young people.
It went on to say that funding for mental health services needed to be raised, young people needed to be educated on what support they are entitled to and that mental health care should never be refused.
Mental health minister, Claire Haughey, said: “I believe, and hope, that the tide is changing in terms of Scotland recognising the importance of talking about mental health in our society today. ...